Program:

J. S. BACH: Passacaglia, c-moll, BWV 582
A. VIVALDI: “Summer” from the set of four violin concertos “The Four Seasons”
D. SCARLATTI: Sonata, K.262; Sonata K. 146
H. WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo and Tarantella Op.16
M. SKORYK: "Melody"
W. A. MOZART: "Turkish march“
B. ZUBICKIJ: "Eternal movement and epilogue" from Jazz partita No. 1
P MAKONEN: "The flight on time"
P. TCHAIKOVSKY: Finale from Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
V. PODGORNIJ: “Dedicated to Caruso”, Retro-Siuita

ALEXANDER HRUSTEVICH
Bayan

 
Ukrainian-born Alexander Hrustevich is one of the best bayanists in the world. Mr. Hrustevich is constantly invited to perform in many countries, including Poland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Serbia and many others. Just recently, he performed in Kiev, accompanying the world famous musician and composer, winner of several Grammy awards - Bobby McFerrin.

The very first notes will take your breath away... Alexader Hrustevich is able to play the most complicated transcriptions of violin, piano and orchestra pieces with the bayan; starting with Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and finishing with a fragment from Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.” Using his ten fingers at the same time, he is able to easily play both orchestra and violin parts. For these extraordinary abilities people and critics call A. Hrustevich - „the man orchestra“.

This performance will be a true dose of energy and an unusual opportunity to meet a performer who possesses both a perfect technique and an extraordinary sensitivity to music!
Mr. Hrustevich is a winner of many international competitions, including “Golden Accordion” (New York), ”Od baroka do jazza” (Poland), ”Accoholiday” (Ukraine) and others.

As prof. David Yearsley writes about Mr. Hrustevich’s recording, which he saw on Youtube: “The small stage on which Hrustevich demonstrates his art is festooned with yellow and orange balloons and fake flower garlands, the camera is hand-held, but despite all of this, you can feel how great are this virtuoso’s gifts.” The professor also compares his interpretations of Bach Passacaglia with a pianist: “Tricky passages that the pianist divided between the two hands, Hrustevich manages with one. He revels in the virtuosic spectacle of fingers flying and sliding and contorting over buttons and in the same time picking almost every note cleanly. It’s rather like playing the Bach Passacaglia on a travel typewriter, only harder.”(The Musical Patriot, D. Yearsley, 2009).

Born in 1983, Alexander Hrustevich started to play the bayan by the age of 6. He graduated Ukraines National Academy of Music as a student of prof. Besfamilnov. Apart from his solo activity, he is also a member of the National Academy Orchestra.
 

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